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Fast radio bursts may be dark matter ‘stars’ hitting black holes

Space

Fast radio bursts may be dark matter ‘stars’ hitting black holes

The mysterious FRBs we’ve been tracking for a decade could be created by clumps of dark matter particles dancing along the edges of black holes

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Olivia Williams and Olivia Colman

Humans

Mosquitoes: Staring into the heat death of the universe

Culture

geometric artwork

Physics

The geometry that could reveal the true nature of space-time

Features

The LHCb experiment at CERN

Physics

LHC pops out a new particle that could test the strong force

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Pointer on circular weighing scales

Physics

Protons are lighter than thought, which may solve a big puzzle

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A fine-tuned universe may be controversial but can't be ignored

Life

A fine-tuned universe may be controversial but can't be ignored

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Two footballers

Physics

Footballers move around pitch like chaotic particles in a fluid

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Time, mass and custard provide the physics in <i>The Earthworks</i>

Physics

Time, mass and custard provide the physics in The Earthworks

Culture

SPIDER reactor

Physics

Inside the SPIDER facility, preparing for nuclear fusion tests

Regulars

Abstract image of two glowing orbs surrounded by spirals of light

Physics

Wiggling atom probes buddy molecule without disturbing it

Physicists can observe complex molecules without disrupting them by linking them up to a charged atom, giving a new way to probe fundamental physics

News

Physics

5 impossible things the laws of physics might actually allow

Features

Humans

Up and atom: The fights to put people into the periodic table

Features

Physics

Reality check: The hidden connections behind quantum weirdness

Features

Physics

Peter Higgs on knowledge, immortality and the future of physics

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